The biggest British force in the region is an infantry battalion and jungle warfare school in Brunei. Does the UK’s straitened defense establishment have the means to sustain London’s “tilt” toward the East? And would the British public support such an expensive and distant footprint? Means vs dreamsĬompared to the height of its Imperial power when Britannia’s bows ruled waves across the region, its current military presence in East Asia is minimalist. This raises perhaps the biggest question over both the current mission and London’s wider strategic aims.
However, while the force is deploying to Indo-Pacific, there is no suggestion that it will take up station in the region. Naval rivet counters, military pundits and British jingos will be transfixed by this spectacular manifestation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ambitions of a post-Brexit “Global Britain” being a global player. SEOUL – The UK’s Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group (CSG) currently forging toward the Indo-Pacific is a macho naval spectacle of note: nine ships, 32 aircraft including 18 F35s and 3,700 personnel.
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